A chart is a graphical representation of data in a report. You use charts to display complex data in a format that is easily understood. A report can contain a chart that functions as a report itself, or it can combine a chart with other report elements to highlight relevant information. This section provides an overview of the different types of charts you can modify using Interactive Viewer, and explains how you can filter chart data, change chart subtypes, and format charts in a report.

A chart displays data as one or more sets of points. Charts are particularly useful for summarizing numeric data and showing the relationship between sets of values called series. The two types of series are category series and value series, typically denoted by the x‑ and y‑axis. For example, a chart can show sales by region, average temperatures by month, or the price of a stock over three months.

This section describes supported charts that use HTML5 technology and explains how you can modify each of these elements. In previous releases, Interactive Viewer supported static charts and Flash charts, but in the current release, Interactive Viewer supports modifying existing static and Flash charts, if you are using reports that contain this content.